Purpose: Check the number of vocal symptoms reported by teachers and the relationship with the self-perception of the limitations of daily activities associated to the voice, personal, occupational and clinical aspects. Methods: Refers to a study performed by the analysis of secondary data from medical records of teachers attended at the voice ambulatory of a teaching hospital. The informations of interest were: age, number of taught shifts, parallel activities to teaching, fan use, conversational noise, dust, construction noise, external noise, screaming, smoking habit, hydration, pellet use, physical activity associated with speech, type and degree of dysphonia, proprioceptive vocal symptoms and responses to the Protocol of the Profile of Participation and Vocal Activities (PPVA). It was realized a descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: Were collected informations of 103 medical records, where it was found high prevalence of vocal symptoms, with the most frequent: fatigue after prolonged use of the voice, dry throat, throat clearing and burning. It was observed an association between the number of vocal symptoms and the scream habit, conversational noise and perception of the impact of dysphonia by teachers. The number of self-reported vocal symptoms was positively correlated with all parameters evaluated by PPVA. Conclusion: There is high frequency of proprioceptive vocal symptoms among the teachers. The noise of conversation and scream habit are associated with the number of vocal symptoms, as well as the parameters of self-perception of the impact of dysphonia contained in the PPVA.

Purpose: to compare the impact of voice on the quality of teachers' life before the speech therapy and follow-up after high therapy and identify associated factors. Methods: observational study, based on information collected in two stages: secondary data from medical records and questionnaires on line, after rising speech. The participants were 54 teachers, sent by the municipal occupational service with the diagnosis of dysphonia, for the Speech Therapy Clinic of a Teaching hospital. Speech therapy occurred from January 2012 to December 2013. The information of interest were responses to the Voice Activity and Participation Profile, number of vocal symptoms, issues relating to working conditions and living habits. A descriptive and inferential analysis using a statistical program.Results: there was a decrease in reported symptoms when comparing the before and post speech therapy. As for the medians of the parameters of the above-mentioned protocol on both occasions, the groups differed in of social communication and in emotion. For these parameters were no statistical differences between the groups regarding the absence of noise generated in the classroom . The other independent variables did not differ between groups. Conclusion: speech therapy brings positive impact on the voice of teachers in relation to behavioral and occupational factors. The improvement is evidenced by the reduction in the number of reported vocal symptoms after high speech. After speech therapy, there is lower limit of dysphonia vocal activities related to social communication and emotion, especially in the absence of noise in the classroom. Keywords: Voice; Faculty; Speech Therapy; Quality of Life; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences RESUMO Objetivo: comparar o impacto da voz na qualidade de vida de professoras no momento inicial e após alta fonoterápica e identificar os fatores associados. Métodos: estudo observacional prospectivo, por meio de informações coletadas em dois momentos: dados secundários dos prontuários e questionários online, após alta fonoaudiológica. Participaram da pesquisa 54 professoras, encaminhadas pelo serviço ocupacional municipal com o diagnóstico de disfonia, para o Ambulatório de Fonoaudiologia de um Hospital de ensino. A fonoterapia ocorreu entre janeiro de 2012 e dezembro de 2013. As informações de interesse foram: respostas ao Protocolo do Perfil de Participação e Atividades Vocais, número de sintomas vocais, questões relativas às condições de trabalho e hábitos de vida. Realizou-se análise descritiva e inferencial por meio de um programa estatístico. Resultados: houve redução no relato de sintomas ao comparar os momentos pré e pós-fonoterapia. Quanto às medianas dos parâmetros do protocolo supracitado nos dois momentos, observou-se que os grupos se diferenciaram em comunicação social e em emoção. Para estes parâmetros houve diferença estatística entre os grupos em relação à ausência de ruído gerado em sala de aula. As demais variáveis independentes não se diferenciaram entre os grupos. Conclusão...

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